Weird How President Obama's Approval Rating Is Through the Roof, Hmmm

President Obama's time in office is nearing a close. He's just a few short months away from becoming a private citizen again, and beginning to outline what I'm sure will be a very angry memoir about his time as president. I hope he calls it Fuck Mitch McConnell and Other Stories. Anyway, as his time winds down, it looks like President Obama will likely be leaving office as a pretty damn popular guy.

A new CNN/ORC poll was released today, and I think it's fair to say people in the White House are feeling pretty good about it. Per CNN:

President Barack Obama's approval rating stands at 55% in a new
CNN/ORC poll, the highest mark of his second term, and matching his
best at any time since his first year in office.

The new rating outpaces his previous second-term high -- reached just
after a Democratic convention that extolled the successes of his
presidency -- by one point, and hits a level he's reached just twice
since the end of his first year in office: In January 2013 just before
his second inauguration and in January 2011.

I don't know what it says about the American people that the only time we seem to be able to like our President is either after a national tragedy or when he's soon to leave office, but maybe we shouldn't wait until the nation is on the verge of potentially electing a racist demagogue to appreciate our smart and thoughtful president. Just a thought.

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